"More than one million people have
come into Germany in the last year after the country’s government said
they would be allowed to settle there.However, the massive movement of migrants has caused problems in countries in Eastern Europe.

The
lack of border checks between European nations who have signed up to
the Schengen Agreement has been a particular bone of contention.

The Chancellor’s comments come
after German intelligence boss Hans Georg Maassen announced 17 Islamic
State (ISIS) militants entered Europepretending to be refugees.It
also follows a plot involving a group of Syrian jihadis who planned to
carry out an attack in Dusseldorf, in the west of the country.Mrs
Merkel’s proposals to open Germany’s borders to migrants and refugees
last year were initially welcomed by the German people.However, after a series of sex attacks over the New Year in the city of Cologne by immigrants from the Middle East, public opinion turned against the scheme.Last week, in a bid to minimise the effects of the migration crisis on Europe,
MEPs agreed to replace the union’s border agency, Frontex, with a new
European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCG), which will be granted
more powers.Several EU countries, especially those in eastern
Europe, have taken matters into their hands this year as they struggled
to cope with the numbers of migrants trying to cross their borders,
adding to the more than one million refugees who made their way to
Europe last year.Temporary fences were erected in the first part
of 2016 on the Hungary border with Serbia, Slovakia, Romania and
Croatia, the Slovenia/Croatia border, the Slovakia/Austria border and
the Macedonian border with Greece and Serbia.Speaking last week,
EU rapporteur Artis Pabrics, said: "The European Border and Coast Guard
Regulation will ensure that the EU external borders are safer and better
managed. “This is not a silver bullet that can solve the
migration crisis that the EU is facing today or fully restore trust in
the Schengen area, but it is very much needed first step.”UKIP’s migration spokesman Steven Woolfe MEP said it was now time to reinstate border controls.He
said: “Merkel's policy of opening Europe's southern border was a
monumental mistake that even now many security experts and Europol admit
has serious security ramifications for European nations.“While
we must accept refugees in need, allowing a flow of migrants from the
Middle East through a borderless Europe has meant many migrants entered
unchecked.“The EU's free movement rule has meant free movement
for terrorists and weapons. To ensure security, proper border controls
should be reinstated in Europe.”"